Palm Trees for #WorldWatercolorMonth

July 1, 2016July 1, 2016 | Doreen E. Lepore

July has been declared #WorldWatercolorMonth and it seems like a fun idea to me. I’ll try to post a watercolor every day in July but don’t know if I’ll succeed. If you want to join in or want to know more about it you can go here https://doodlewash.com/world-watercolor-month-july-2016/ on
Charlie O’Shields blog “doodlewash”.

Ranch Palms - watercolor — Ranch Palms – 5×7 – Daniel Smith watercolors on 140 lb. Arches Cold Press

Cows

January 19, 2015 | Doreen E. Lepore

The Cow – Robert Lewis Stevenson, A Child’s Garden of Verses

The friendly cow all red and white,

I love with all my heart:
she gives me cream with all her might,

To eat with apple-tart.

She wanders lowing here and there,

And yet she cannot stray,

All in the pleasant open air,

The pleasant light of day;

And blown by all the winds that pass

And wet with all the showers,

She walks among the meadow grass

And eats the meadow flowers.

Greener Pasture

July 25, 2012 | Doreen E. Lepore

This is the greener pasture we’re always looking for. Occupied, of course.

Live Oak Concerto

July 21, 2012 | Doreen E. Lepore

Haven’t had a chance to post anything lately.

These live oaks are located at Adams Ranch in Ft. Pierce. They have such a happy, lyrical, uplifting look to them that I had to paint them with happy squiggles.

The painting panels I use are “Pintura” and they are canvas on wood.

Tin Roof – Rusted

June 20, 2012June 23, 2012 | Doreen E. Lepore

This painting was done in Ft. Pierce as part of an invitational paint out. The last time I was in the neighborhood, this building was completely renovated. It wouldn’t be my choice as a painting subject anymore because all the character was removed.

The title is from that song by the B52’s – “Love Shack”. Of course being in Ft. Pierce it was probably more likely a Drug Shack.

Through the Oaks

May 24, 2012 | Doreen E. Lepore

This is from Adams Ranch in Ft. Pierce, FL where the live oaks grow undisturbed. They are huge trees with far reaching limbs. A bit farther down this dirt road on the ranch is a picnic area with a giant tree house.

I’m getting ready to start a new commission and while taking stock, making sure there were plenty of pastels in the box and planning my approach this painting came to mind.

The new painting won’t have a path with dappled light but many of the colors will be the same, as well as the size.

Better get to work!:)

Not Hobe Sound

February 25, 2012May 5, 2012 | Doreen E. Lepore

This is the first year in many that I haven’t been able to attend the “Artist Day” or I think it’s currently called “Brush with Nature” day at Adams Ranch in Ft. Pierce, FL. Unfortunately my husband had recent surgery and I’m not comfortable with leaving him for a whole day yet. So, today I’ll post some of my paintings from Adams Ranch, and believe me I have a few. The ranch is a wonderful place to paint and is a working ranch that is just huge (about 50,000 acres) with way more cows than people. My kind of place. Once a year they allow artists to occupy a section of the ranch and the cows watch us paint all day. Entertaining for all of us!